I want to share this for anyone struggling with the questions about when to say goodbye to their dog, and what to decide for a dog diagnosed with kidney failure (or anything terminal). Our 14 (almost 15) year old female pitbull passed away at home last weekend after being diagnosed with kidney...
I have a 6 mo goldendoodle puppy.
We're getting her spayed soon, and she had a preop blood test. Two older tests for kidney function (creatine and BUN, maybe?) were completely normal. The new-fangled SDMA test was pretty high (22; normal range 0-14).
The vet had me collect first morning...